The Little Locksmith is a memoir by Katharine Butler Hathaway about the effects of spinal tuberculosis on her childhood and adult life.
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| Publisher | Coward-McCann |
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Synopsis
editHathaway recounts a childhood immobilized on a treatment board, her hard-won mobility, artistic ambitions, and later life in Castine, Maine. Selections appeared in The Atlantic shortly before book publication.[1]
Publication history
editPop culture
editThe book is referenced in the Gilmore Girls episode "Help Wanted".[4]
References
edit- ↑ Hathaway, Katharine Butler (February 1, 1943). "The Little Locksmith". The Atlantic. ISSN 2151-9463. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
- ↑ Wagenknecht, Edward (October 24, 1943). "A Shining Faith; The Little Locksmith". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "The Little Locksmith: A Memoir". Feminist Press. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "2.20 - Help Wanted - (41)". Retrieved September 2, 2016.
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